Trump Signs Executive Memo Targeting FAA Diversity Programs (1)

President Donald Trump signed an executive action he said directed federal agencies to undo diversity, equity and inclusion practices at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration that he has blamed as responsible for a deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and military helicopter at an airport near Washington.

While the president repeatedly conceded in multiple public appearances Thursday that he didn’t know what caused the crash between a jet operated by a subsidiary of American Airlines Group Inc. and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening, he quickly ...